Where exactly have you heard that there are more & more annoying messages? Not on Celebrity.

Regarding being escorted to your cabin; they also did not let any new passengers on the ship until 2PM, while now you can board before noon, even though the rooms aren't ready, so perhaps it's no longer parctical.

If you haven't been on a cruie in 5 years, how can you make assumptions on "what you hear". Why not step on a ship & find out for yourself?

We were on the Celebrity last week .We boarded the ship at approximately 12:30 .While there are no longer midnight buffets there is something called the Captains specialty which is from 10PM to 1AM and is very similar .